Pope Leo VIII

Pope Leo VIII (910-1 March 965) was Pope from 964 to 965, succeedng Pope Benedict V and preceding Pope John XIII.

Biography
Leo was a layman, and in 964 Otto I of Germany supported his election as pope, but Pope Benedict V was chosen instead by the people of Rome. Leo was an antipope until Otto marched on Rome and forced Benedict to beg for his life at his feet, and Leo was pope from 964 to 965.